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Amen to that.
Brad
j.ireland wrote:
>Chris,
>
>As John, Lelia, Kathy and others pointed out, God loves you and all the rest
>of us
>regardless. It's not conditional on what we do or don't do. Jesus died on
>the cross and rose from the dead to save us sinners. If we could control
>the fact that we are sinners, Jesus would not have had to die in our place.
>If we have accepted him as Savior, then we have his resources to help us
>with sins. The Bible calls them, sins that so easily beset us.
>Hebrews 12 Verses 1 and 2. From the New Living Translation, reads like
>this.
>
>Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the
>life
>of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the
>sin that
>so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that
>God has
>set before us.
>
>We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from
>start to
>Finish.
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>
>Vicki
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